Molecular diversity of class 2 integrons in antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria found in wastewater environments in China

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-414

  Xia, Ruirui ^a,b   Ren, Ye ^a   Guo, Xianhu ^a   Xu, Hai ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Longlive Bio Technology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant; Hybrid integron; Multigene cassette; Non integron associated antibiotic resistance gene; Novel gene cassette arrays

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA; WASTEWATER;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLASS 2 INTEGRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SHIGELLA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; JINAN [SHANDONG]; SHANDONG;

ACINETOBACTER SP.; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; SHIGELLA SP.;

EID: 84878351550     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-1034-9     Document Type: Article

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